Man Sought In Killing Of Grocer During Hold-up

January 07, 1985

POLICE WERE looking Sunday for a gunman who shot and killed a 58-year-old grocer in an apparent robbery. Michael Sanawi of Chicago Lawn and one of his employees were locking up Sanawi`s grocery at 5700 S. Morgan St. Saturday evening when a man wearing a ski mask came up behind them and announced a hold-up, police said. As Sanawi turned around the man fired three shots, striking Sanawi in the chest twice, they said. He was pronounced dead at the Hospital of Englewood. Police were interviewing the witness, who was not injured, but had no suspects. The gunman fled without taking any of the more than $1,000 in store receipts that Sanawi had in his pocket.